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BACKGROUND

The following facts regarding the charged incidents are taken from the probation report. On November 25, 2005, Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a residence on West 210th Street following the report of a man with a gun. Officers heard a woman scream “Help” from inside the house. The front door burst open and a female ran outside, closely followed by appellant. The female pointed to appellant and stated, “That‟s him, please help me.” Appellant was taken into custody. The female victim

* BOREN, P. J., ASHMANN-GERST, J., CHAVEZ, J. reported that over the course of the previous four weeks, appellant had assaulted her on two occasions, threatened her with a gun, prevented her from leaving the house to go to work, and prevented her from calling the police. The first assault in which appellant struck the victim with a closed fist resulted in the victim requiring 18 stitches to her mouth. The victim sustained bruising as a result of the second assault in which appellant struck her head and left eye. Appellant provided a false name to the police officers following his arrest. On October 25, 2006, appellant pled no contest to corporal injury on a…